Sonia Mabrouk's guest on Europe 1 Monday, the Secretary of State for the Ecological and Solidarity Transition welcomes the opening of an investigation after the controversial intervention of the police during an environmental protest last Friday in Paris.

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"I understand very well that we find these shocking images". Called to react to the controversial intervention of the police against environmental protesters, Friday on the bridge of Sully, Paris, Secretary of State for the Transition Ecological and Solidarity, Emmanuelle Wargon, judge "essential "the opening of an investigation. This was entrusted on Monday to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN).

"The question is the how"

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner had also immediately asked for a report to the Paris police chief on the "modalities" of this controversial evacuation, during which activists who participated in a sit-in were sprayed with gas. tear.

Use of tear gas on Extinction Rebellion activists peacefully blocking the Sully Bridge pic.twitter.com/MtULrfRQTF

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"In these demonstrations of disobedience, which are never announced in advance, it is normal that the police decide to free the public road.The question is the how," says Emmanuelle Wargon on Europe 1 "Law enforcement has the monopoly of legitimate violence, but this monopoly of violence can only be exercised under very strict conditions and it will be necessary to verify that these conditions have been fulfilled in this particular case". she still.

"We must not generalize"

Sunday, the Minister of Ecology, François de Rugy, had evoked "very radical protesters". "When you peacefully ask them to clear the way, what the police have done with loudspeakers and obviously they refuse (...) we have to mobilize CRS to take people one by one and try to remove them, "said the minister. "It ends with the use of gas that is meant for people to go away."

Recently, several police interventions have led to IGPN investigations. This is particularly the case in Nantes, where the "font police" is responsible for shedding light on the facts that took place during the Music Festival, during which a young man of 24 years disappeared and fourteen people were rescued in the Loire. Emmanuelle Wargon however calls for "not to generalize". "Every day, there are events that are framed and are going well."